On May 28, 1902, Tong Dizhou was born in Tongjia'ao, Dongxiang, Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. Tong Dizhou is a famous biologist and experimental embryologist in China, who has made unique discoveries in the ability of vertebrates, fish and amphibians to develop eggs, and he has also pioneered xenonuclear transfer, which can be called a "cloning pioneer". We are no strangers to Mr. Tong Di Zhou, who appeared in our primary school textbooks, and the teenager who read under the street lamp told the story of Tong Di Zhou when he was a child.
Tong Dizhou's family was poor in his early years, and through hard work, he was admitted to Fudan University, and later served as a teaching assistant in the Biology Department of Nanjing Central University. In 1930, he went to Belgium and France to study, and received his doctorate. After returning to China in 1934, he served as a professor at Shandong University, the School of Medicine of Central University, Tongji University, and Fudan University, and a researcher at the Chinese Institute of Psychophysiology.
He was also a researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and Yale University in the United States. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he taught at Shandong University. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as a professor and vice president of Shandong University, a member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a deputy director of the Institute of Experimental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a director of the Institute of Oceanography and the Institute of Zoology, a vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the Department of Biology and the director of the Department of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In 1952, he joined the China Democratic League and served as a member of the Second Central Committee of the China Democratic League and a member of the Standing Committee of the Third Central Committee. He is a deputy to the First and Second National People's Congresses and a member of the Standing Committee of the Third, Fourth and Fifth National People's Congresses. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1978. From February 1978 to 1979, he was the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. On March 30, 1979, Tong Dizhou died of illness, and his scientific spirit inspired future generations to continue on the road of scientific research.